New to the Airwaves – Albums Out Today (Nov.9th)

A couple weeks away from Thanksgiving already, how did we get here so quickly? Yesterday we blinked and it went from 900,000 degrees out – a bit too late. Jump to Halloween I barely got done my decorations to changing it out for fall colors, smells, and planning the next holiday festivities. Don’t even get me started on Xmas I know some are holding their elves hat behind their back chuckling heartily. The fight between passing over Thanksgiving and Xmas bahum-bugs are thick on the social feeds – and did you see all those holiday albums dropping? The holiday season is here and we’re excited!

This week’s arrivals are sure to find homes on many a playlist, especially with Muse, Thomas Giles, All That Remains, Jon Bellion, Larkin Poe, and more dropping full-lengths.

This month we’ve got some much anticipated arrivals that has us tapping our toes, crossing our arms, and screeching, “Finally!” We’re sure you can see which ones we think you should grab and which ones we think may deserve a pass… Dive in at your own risk, and let’s hear your picks!

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New Video Out Today:

Press Release:

November 8, 2018 (Hollywood, CA) — U.K. artist and songwriter Calum Scott releases a video for his latest single,“No Matter What,” today. The video was directed by Ozzie Pullin, who also directed Calum’s video for “What I Miss Most.”

The powerfully emotional video for “No Matter What,” details Calum’s journey of acceptance both of himself and of his family. It’s the perfect accompaniment to “No Matter What,” which Calum calls “without question, the most personal song I have ever written and the one I am most proud of. It’s a song born from loneliness and the heartbreaking but liberating tale of my coming-out experience. What I love about this song is that it isn’t just limited to a story of sexual identity, but about the relationship between parent and child and acceptance as a whole.”

Calum will release a Special Edition of his breakout debut album Only Human on November 30th. Upon its release, Only Human, hit #1 on iTunes in over 20 countries, sold more than 1.5 million in adjusted album sales, and is fast approaching 2 billion combined streams. The album includes Calum’s hit single “You Are The Reason,” which is already certified Gold and has amassed almost 1 billion streams worldwide with over 330 million video views alone. His track “What I Miss Most,” which unfolds as a triumphant homage to his Northern England hometown, and version of “White Christmas” are both out now and available on the Special Edition album. Watch the live Vevo performance of “No Matter What” here and a performance of “White Christmas,” live from Abbey Road Studios, here.

Billboard said, “Scott’s stunningly pure voice is affecting enough in itself, but his lyrics on every one of the [album’s] tracks are vulnerable and raw.” The Huffington Post says, “Calum Scott makes an impressive splash with his compelling debut album.” Calum was nominated for a Brit Award for Best Single, for his version of Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own,” which became a global sensation with over 1.5 billion streams worldwide, and is now Platinum in five countries.

New Single: ICYMI

Slipknot “All Out Life”

Listening to “All Out Life” on repeat for the past hour you can definitely hear and feel the “Iowa” vibes from not only the vocals but the music itself. Add in the slight twists from “Volume 3” and “Slipknot” it brings back so many memories and makes us look forward to the new ones we will create with the release of the album in 2019. Hearing the intro by itself gets us pumped. We’re talking about moshing in your living room and scaring the neighbors pumped. See rest of the review Cindy did HERE.

Gonna Be A Smash Hit:

Reverb Nation Spotlight:

Too many guitars to be pop. Too many electronic blooms to be rock. Too many live drums to be electronica.

Chicago’s SNST (Sunset) create a meld of disparate genres with their sound that does something rare these days: sound unique.

Chris Broach and Steve Znavor (of The Firebird Band) are SNST (pronounced Sunset) and they are here to thoughtfully confuse you with their sound. SNST’s debut full length album, Turn Out The Lights (produced by Will Yip and recorded at Studio 4,) is the smart kind of genre bending album of music that exists somewhere on the periphery of the type of electronica influenced rock/electronica that we’ve come to expect from artists like Moby. While SNST aren’t as steeped in the club-like sounds that define most of Moby’s music, they definitely make use of the best parts of the worlds of electronica and rock music to come up with something that sounds uniquely disparate, yet consistent. In other words, they are that rare interesting listen that most audiophiles will love getting lost in. (See rest of the coverage…..) – Andy Frisk

Until next week!

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